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Biografisk notat
Tracy Letts is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor, and is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His play August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. His plays include: Linda Vista (Steppenwolf, 2017; Broadway, 2019); Mary Page Marlowe (Steppenwolf, 2016; Old Vic, London, 2025); Superior Donuts (Steppenwolf, 2008); August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, 2007; National Theatre, London, 2008); Bug (1996); and Killer Joe (1993).
<p>'Letts displays such complete assurance in manipulating the sheer gothic macabre of his material that it’s practically wicked to watch… <em>Killer Joe</em> hits like a sharp splash of ice-cold water, and it's supposed to make you squirm'</p>
The Arts Desk
<p>'An exercise in Texan trailer-park Gothic, <em>Killer Joe</em> rams sickening horror and outrageous humour together as it pulls us into the morally stunted world of the American underclass'</p>
Independent
<p>'Keeps you hooked from the outset... cleverly plotted and queasily gripping, Letts’s play offers a prophetic portrait of a society that, in its reliance on the small screen, is in danger of entertaining itself to death'</p>
Guardian (2018)
<p>'Fiercely disturbing,<em> Killer Joe</em> never loses its power to hold your attention'</p>
WhatsOnStage
<p>'A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theatre. An astonishing piece of work'</p>
Chicago Tribune
<p>'A brilliant play'</p>
Guardian
<p>'An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance'</p>
New York Times
<p>'Letts displays such complete assurance in manipulating the sheer gothic macabre of his material that it’s practically wicked to watch… <em>Killer Joe</em> hits like a sharp splash of ice-cold water, and it's supposed to make you squirm'</p>
The Arts Desk
<p>'An exercise in Texan trailer-park Gothic, <em>Killer Joe</em> rams sickening horror and outrageous humour together as it pulls us into the morally stunted world of the American underclass'</p>
Independent
<p>'Keeps you hooked from the outset... cleverly plotted and queasily gripping, Letts’s play offers a prophetic portrait of a society that, in its reliance on the small screen, is in danger of entertaining itself to death'</p>
Guardian (2018)
<p>'Fiercely disturbing,<em> Killer Joe</em> never loses its power to hold your attention'</p>
WhatsOnStage
<p>'A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theatre. An astonishing piece of work'</p>
Chicago Tribune
<p>'A brilliant play'</p>
Guardian
<p>'An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance'</p>
New York Times